“Uno sforzo per mostrare il potere e la bellezza della collaborazione globale come un sentiero di pace”. Dopo Possibilities e River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock ha pubblicato nel 2010 l’ennesimo album con la formula “all stars”. Per The Imagine Project, il pianista jazz ha riunito artisti provenienti da tutto il mondo per fondere diversi stili e culture musicali e lanciare un appello alla pace nel mondo, all’umanità, alla tolleranza e al rispetto nei confronti del nostro pianeta.
Questa versione del brano di John Lennon, Imagine, è stata realizzata con la collaborazione di Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, la cantante neo soul India Arie, la maliana Oumou Sangaré e la band congolese Konono N°1. Per citare solo alcuni degli altri artisti presenti nel disco, Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan e i Chieftains, Baden Powell e Vinícius de Moraes, Anoushka Shankar e Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan, Susan Tedeschi e Derek Trucks, John Legend e Tal Wilkenfeld, James Morrison, i Tinariwen, i Los Lobos.
“An effort to show the power and the beauty of global collaboration as a path to peace”. After “Possibilities” and “River: The Joni Letters”, Herbie Hancock has released in 2010 a new album together with “all stars” again. For “The Imagine Project”, the jazz pianist has grouped artists from all over the world to fuse different styles and musical cultures and to make a plea for world peace, humanity, tolerance and respect for our planet.
This version of John Lennon’s song, “Imagine”, has been realised in collaboration with Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, neo soul singer India Arie, the Malian Oumou Sangaré and the Congolese band Konono N°1. Some of the other artists that partecipated in this album are: Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan & The Chieftains, Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes, Anoushka Shankar and Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, John Legend and Tal Wilkenfeld, James Morrison, the Tinariwen, the Los Lobos.
Questa versione del brano di John Lennon, Imagine, è stata realizzata con la collaborazione di Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, la cantante neo soul India Arie, la maliana Oumou Sangaré e la band congolese Konono N°1. Per citare solo alcuni degli altri artisti presenti nel disco, Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan e i Chieftains, Baden Powell e Vinícius de Moraes, Anoushka Shankar e Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan, Susan Tedeschi e Derek Trucks, John Legend e Tal Wilkenfeld, James Morrison, i Tinariwen, i Los Lobos.
“An effort to show the power and the beauty of global collaboration as a path to peace”. After “Possibilities” and “River: The Joni Letters”, Herbie Hancock has released in 2010 a new album together with “all stars” again. For “The Imagine Project”, the jazz pianist has grouped artists from all over the world to fuse different styles and musical cultures and to make a plea for world peace, humanity, tolerance and respect for our planet.
This version of John Lennon’s song, “Imagine”, has been realised in collaboration with Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, neo soul singer India Arie, the Malian Oumou Sangaré and the Congolese band Konono N°1. Some of the other artists that partecipated in this album are: Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan & The Chieftains, Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes, Anoushka Shankar and Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, John Legend and Tal Wilkenfeld, James Morrison, the Tinariwen, the Los Lobos.
